Courtesy PhotoMolly Ringwald will be talking about her new novel at the Verdi Club at 8 p.m.

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Staff Report on September 6, 2012 12:00 am

Who’s in town

Actress and author Molly Ringwald talks about her new book, “When It Happens to You: A Novel in Stories,” with Litquake’s Jane Ganahl. [VIP reception at 6:45 p.m., program at 8 p.m.; Verdi Club, 2424 Mariposa St., S.F.]

Lectures

Paul Saffo: The essayist and technology forecaster describes what he foresees as a new global economic era defined not by boom or bust, but by a “great turbulence.” [6 p.m., Commonwealth Club, 595 Market St., S.F.]

Seyed Mousavian: The former head of the Foreign Relations Committee of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council gives an “Iranian view of the nuclear stalemate.” [Noon, World Affairs Council, 312 Sutter St., S.F.; RSVP: www.worldaffairs.org]

School food: San Francisco schools Superintendent Richard Carranza and the San Francisco Food Bank’s Teri Olle discuss the district’s school meals program and the importance of school food. [12:30 p.m., SPUR, 654 Mission St., S.F.]

At the public library

Great Teen Book Swap: Teens receive free books with the understanding that they will give the library a bookmark review by the end of the month. [3 to 5:30 p.m., Parkside Branch, 1200 Taraval St., S.F.]

Theater fest

“To Be Merry,” a musical, comic, hula-hooping look at love and loss by Mary Knoll — at 7 p.m. at the Exit Theatre, 156 Eddy St. — is one of 12 shows in the San Francisco Fringe Festival today. The indie-theater fest continues through Sept. 16. [Five S.F. sites; www.sffringe.org]

Comedy

Art

Multimedia: “Sound & Vision,” a 16 mm NASA film screening and musical performance by James Cordas and Chris Musgrave is on the program, in connection with the gallery show “Visible Horizons.” [7 p.m., S.F. Arts Commission Main Gallery, 401 Van Ness Ave., S.F.]

Fashion celebration:Fashion’s Night Out 2012 celebrates wear with a flair. Festivities in the Union Square area include giveaways, raffles and fall trends. [6 to 9 p.m.; Powell and Post streets and thereabouts, S.F.]